1st Edition

Marine and Fisheries Policies in Latin America A Comparison of Selected Countries

192 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

192 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

192 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book reviews the frameworks and implementation of marine, fishery and coastal laws and policies in Chile, Mexico and Peru. Chile, Mexico and Peru share biodiverse coastal and marine environments which are being affected by unregulated and informal developments, and thus share similar challenges. Each country is currently at a different stage of advancement in their institutional... Read more

Foreword by Pedro Solano

Prologue by Juan Carlos Castilla

Introduction

Manuel Ruiz, Rodrigo Oyanedel and Bruno Monteferri

1. Marine, coastal and fisheries issues in Chile, Mexico and Peru: an initial institutional and policy review

Bruno Monteferri and Manuel Ruiz Muller

2. Industrial fisheries in Latin America: challenges and lessons from Chile, Mexico and Peru

Santiago de la Puente and Rocío López de la Lama

3. Marine bioprospecting

Liliana Pardo Lopez

4. Illegal fishing and non-compliance

Rodrigo Oyanedel

5. Extractive Industries in coastal and marine zones

Andrea Cuba

6. Marine protected areas

Pedro Solano and Alfredo Gálvez

7. Marine and coastal planning

Fernando A. Rosete Vergés

8. From customary law to the implementation of safeguard measures: the case of "Marine and Coastal Areas for Indigenous Peoples" in Chile

Luciano Hiriart-Bertrand, Jose Manuel Troncoso, Carlos I. Vargas and Alejandro Correa

9. Protection of migratory marine species

Ximena Velez-Zuazo

10. Prevention of marine pollution from litter in Peru

Irene Hofmeijer

11. Collective Action Spaces and Transformations in the Governance of Fisheries Resources: Towards Democratic and Deliberative Management

Rodrigo A. Estévez, Stefan Gelcich

12. The legal protection of surf breaks: an option for conservation and development

Bruno Monteferri, Manuel Ruiz and Christel Scheske

Epilogue

Manuel Ruiz, Rodrigo Oyanedel and Bruno Monteferri

Biography

Manuel Ruiz Muller is Senior Advisor and Researcher for the Peruvian Society for Environmental Law, Peru.



Rodrigo Oyanedel is a PhD researcher at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Conservation Science, University of Oxford.



Bruno Monteferri is Director of the Marine Governance Initiative and Director of We Conserve by Nature at the Peruvian Society for Environmental Law, Peru.